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Instructional design models for immersive virtual reality: a systematic literature review
The emergence of accessible virtual reality
headsets in the past decade multiplied educational uses of
immersive virtual reality. Higher education, in particular, has
seen many such reports emerge. However, there are scarce
frameworks for higher education professionals to plan and
deploy immersive virtual reality within their pedagogical
practice. To attain a perspective on this field, we conducted a
systematic literature review using SCOPUS search, focusing on
Instructional Design Models for Immersive Virtual Reality in
online Higher Education. This review aimed to provide a
comprehensive overview of these models, their respective
phases, and distinctive characteristics. The review identified two
categories of Instructional Design Models for Immersive Virtual
Reality in Higher Education: 1) Models specific to such contexts,
with aspects such as managing immersion time or providing
prior contact with the immersive environment; 2) Models
developed for other contexts and adapted to immersive virtual
reality, addressing aspects such as the importance of creating
objectives, assessment elements, or defining resource purpose.
We conclude that current instructional models used for
immersive virtual reality in higher education lack the
combination of the overall pedagogical concerns with the
specific ones for immersive virtual reality. Thus, we recommend
further research to develop instruction models that combine
both aspects of learning design concerns.This work was funded by the European Commission, under project REVEALING – Realisation of Virtual reality
Learning environments (VRLEs) for Higher Education – Erasmus+ / Cooperation Partnerships 2021-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000032098. We also extend our thanks to all collaborators and partners involved.
D. Pedrosa expresses gratitude to the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and CIDTFF for their support under the Scientific Employment Stimulus 2017, within the framework of project CEECIND/00986/2017, as well as project UID/CED/00194/2020.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Design Creativity: Future Directions for Integrated Visualisation
The Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sectors are facing unprecedented challenges, not just with increased complexity of projects per se, but design-related integration. This requires stakeholders to radically re-think their existing business models (and thinking that underpins them), but also the technological challenges and skills required to deliver these projects. Whilst opponents will no doubt cite that this is nothing new as the sector as a whole has always had to respond to change; the counter to this is that design ‘creativity’ is now much more dependent on integration from day one. Given this, collaborative processes embedded in Building Information Modelling (BIM) models have been proffered as a panacea solution to embrace this change and deliver streamlined integration. The veracity of design teams’ “project data” is increasingly becoming paramount - not only for the coordination of design, processes, engineering services, fabrication, construction, and maintenance; but more importantly, facilitate ‘true’ project integration and interchange – the actualisation of which will require firm consensus and commitment. This Special Issue envisions some of these issues, challenges and opportunities (from a future landscape perspective), by highlighting a raft of concomitant factors, which include: technological challenges, design visualisation and integration, future digital tools, new and anticipated operating environments, and training requirements needed to deliver these aspirations. A fundamental part of this Special Issue’s ‘call’ was to capture best practice in order to demonstrate how design, visualisation and delivery processes (and technologies) affect the finished product viz: design outcome, design procedures, production methodologies and construction implementation. In this respect, the use of virtual environments are now particularly effective at supporting the design and delivery processes. In summary therefore, this Special Issue presents nine papers from leading scholars, industry and contemporaries. These papers provide an eclectic (but cognate) representation of AEC design visualisation and integration; which not only uncovers new insight and understanding of these challenges and solutions, but also provides new theoretical and practice signposts for future research
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